Cash

Definition: Cash can either refer to dollar bills or it can refer to when people aren't invested. For example, if you have an investing account with $1000 in it but none of it is invested in stocks, it's called "being in cash", even though you don't have cash physically in your hands.

TeenAnalyst Advice: Having all your money in cash for a long period of time isn't a good idea because inflation will eat away at your buying power. However, it's important to have access to some cash at all times for emergencies.If you're in college, you'll want to have cash readily available for your tuition payments. And if you're nearing retirement, you'll want to have cash available for living expenses.

Story stock - A story stock is called so because there is some important news story about the company that will cause a movement of the stock of that company. The movement will be upward because of the company and its story. The stock movement is not driven by the...